Hanger.



W. C. WHITE.

HANGER. APPLICAHON FlLED JAfl. 25. 1913. RENEWED JUNE 9,1915. 1 169375. Patented Ja11.25, 1916.

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idi rl ll llf l Q WALTER 0. WHITE, DE LOS ANGELEE, CALIFCRNIA, ASSIGNGE T0 INTERNATIONAL COUPLERS COMPANY, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFQEN A CORPORATION OF CALI- FGRNIA.

HANGER.

1,143,323 @57 Specification of Letters Patent. Pa tgnted gall. 25 1915 Application filed January 25, 1913, serial No. 744,214. Renewed June 9, 1315.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVAL'rnn C. WHITE, citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is hanger for supporting automatic train-pipe couplings, and has for its object the provision of a simple and efficient device whereby the variations in the heights of coupling heads will be accommodated in the act of coupling as well as all variations incident to the movement of the ars during travel.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and will be hereinafter first fully described, the novel features being subsequently particularly pointed out in tappended claims.

s pportiug the train-pipe couplings, the

train-pipe couplings, however, being om1t- 2 is a perspective view of one hanger witthe parts separated and in their proper relative positions; Fig. 3 is a detail section through the lower end of the abutment plate.

The car couplings 1 may be of any preferred type and are shown in the accompanying drawings merely in order to better illustrate the application of my present invention.

In carrying out my invention, I employ straps 2 which are disposed respectively above and below the car coupling and the draw bar, as shown in Fig. l, and are connected and secured to the said coupling and draw bar by bolts 3 inserted through their ends. To the forward straps 2, 1 Secure by the bolts 3 depending stirrups or U-shaped frames 4, and to the draw bar by means of the rear straps 2, I secure a back or abutment plate 5 which extends transversely beneath the draw bar and is provided along its central vertical line with train-pipe receiving openings 6 which are sufficiently large to accommodate the relative movement of the pipes in coupling or uncoupling and in rounding curves or other movement incident to traveling cars. A longitudinal brace 7 eX- tends past the lower end of the abutment or Serial No. 33,206.

back plate 5 and has its rear portion 8 inclined upwardly to the draw bar and rigidly secured thereto by clamping plates 11 and bolts 12 inserted through the ends of said plates. The forward portion of this brace is extended laterally to rest upon the base of the stirrup i and has a forwardly extending arm 10 at one end, said arm 10 and the laterally extending portion 9 constituting a shelf to support the train-pipe coupler head.

The upper end of the abutment plate is formed with a rearwardly projecting flange 13 which extends over a clamping plate 2 so that the flange will be firmly secured against the bottom of the draw bar with the body of the abutment plate resting against the front edge of the clamping plate. The brace 7 may pass through or be secured to the lower end of the abutment plate and the rear extremity of the brace bears against a block 14L formed on the bottom of the draw bar.

Trusslike spacing-bars 15 are fitted to and extend between the several bolts 3 and 12 on each side of the draw bar and brace the same so as to maintain the relative positions thereof and, as these spacing-bars transmit the strain to the rear bolts by which the 7 sure placed thereon after the train-pipes are coupled and during the act of coupling.

It will be readily understood that the train-pipe coupler head is not secured to but merely rests upon the shelf presented by the elements 9 and 10 so that the said heads may yield readily to the impact due to the coupling of cars without exerting any extraordinary strain upon the hanger, and the forwardly projecting arms 10 of the hangers on opposed couplers extend past each other in overlapping relation so that should one car be considerably higher than the other car the vertical movement of the hangers and the couplings will not be interrupted and the hangers and couplings will quickly assume properly alined positions. The openings 6 for the train-pipes will preferably be so disposed that the pipes will be inclined slightly downward toward the coupler head and, consequently, a considerable vertical movement may take place without disconnecting the train-pipes from the coupler head. This abutment plate, furthermore, effectually resists the back pressure within the train-pipes so that, after the shoulders of the train-pipes have been brought against the abutment plate, the pressure of the fluid flowing through the pipes will be exerted to 7 hold the train-pipe coupling heads together.

The straps or securing plates 2 will be suitably shaped to accommodate the outline of the coupler head and, when the securing nuts upon the bolts inserted through said plates are turned home, the hangers will be positively and securely fastened to the car couplings and the train-pipe couplings, consequently, be supported directly below the car couplings. The construction of the hanger is such that it may be produced at a low cost and when in use will permit free movement of the train-pipe couplers in all. directions while the train is in motion without permitting the train-pipe coupling heads to become dislodged.

.The abutment plate supports the trainpipes in the central longitudinal line of the hanger so that they may enter the coupler head in such position that the holding pressure will be applied centrally thereto and twisting of the coupler heads thereby avoided.

What I claim is 1. A hanger for train-pipe couplings comprising a shelf adapted to extend under the train-pipe coupler head, a U-shaped frame passing under said shelf and extending upwardly at the sides of the same, an abutment plate disposed in rear of the U-shaped frame, and a brace rigid with the shelf and with the abutment plate.

2. A hanger for train-pipe couplings comprising a U-shaped frame, an abutment plate disposed in rear of said frame, and a longitudinal brace connected with the abutment plate and having its forward end formed into a shelf within the U-shziped frame.

3. A hanger for train-pipe couplings comprising a U-shaped frame adapted to be secured to a car coupling, an abutment plate adapted to be secured to the draw bar in rear of the U-shaped frame, and a brace'extending past the abutment plate and provided at its front end with a transversely extending projection fitting within the ll-shaped frame and having a forwardly extending arm at one side, the rear portion of the brace being adapted to be secured to the draw bar.

a. A hanger for trainpipe couplings comprising a shelf, an abutment plate disposed in rear of the shelf and having a train-pipereceiving opening in its central vertical line, means for maintaining the shelf and the abutment plate in fixed spaced relation and means for securing the shelf and the abut-.

ment plate below a car coupling.

5. A hanger fortrain-gipe couplings comprising a coupler head support, an abutment plate in rear of said supports, suspending devices for said support and said abutment plate, and spacing bars fitted to and extend- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

